Who would you sign?

Nizzy wrote:What are the chances of Setoguchi? Is there some issues with him not liking/fitting into Minnesota that well? Why are there rumors of him being shipped out? How is Minnesota's prospects looking?

We have to be great trading partners with organizations that are thin at defensive prospects. Maatta deal and Kennedy for Seto?

You would rather deal the 6'4" Defenseman French Canadian's are born winners in the NHL over a Fin? I'm happy we have Maatta however he screamed "BPA pick for trade value later" Esposito 2.0 style. Too many defenseman.

The pens will never draft that high (8th) again for at least another 5+ years unless there is some monumental collapse. Knowing this, plus the fact that offensive prospects historically take less time before they are NHL ready then defensive prospects, i would have liked the pens to have drafted a forward at the 8th spot. They would have had a gifted NHL ready or NHL almost ready forward to play with Sid or Geno with the extra benefit of a low cap hit.

Sure there are guys to be had like Parise, or Ryan... but they also carry high cap hits and salary.

You look at the boston bruins, when they won the cup they had all kinds of talent, and they had seguin on an EL contract. They would not have had that luxury without the pick they got for kessel. Had they used that pick on a d-man, they would probably have a talented d-man prospect still developing his game in the minors. It is very similar to the pens situation. Imagine having Forsberg ready to play at camp and also signing Parise. You essentially would get a super talented offensive star at the price of a TK.

The pens will never draft that high (8th) again for at least another 5+ years unless there is some monumental collapse. Knowing this, plus the fact that offensive prospects historically take less time before they are NHL ready then defensive prospects, i would have liked the pens to have drafted a forward at the 8th spot. They would have had a gifted NHL ready or NHL almost ready forward to play with Sid or Geno with the extra benefit of a low cap hit.

Sure there are guys to be had like Parise, or Ryan... but they also carry high cap hits and salary.

You look at the boston bruins, when they won the cup they had all kinds of talent, and they had seguin on an EL contract. They would not have had that luxury without the pick they got for kessel. Had they used that pick on a d-man, they would probably have a talented d-man prospect still developing his game in the minors. It is very similar to the pens situation. Imagine having Forsberg ready to play at camp and also signing Parise. You essentially would get a super talented offensive star at the price of a TK.

Well time will tell. Even a year from now would have been nice. The closest thing we have to an offensive prospect that we drafted in the past 5 seasons is Beau Bennett. And i do not see him playing for the pens this year (although it would be nice if he did make it). Nothing against Beau, but that is what you get when you are constantly drafting at the end of the round.

The Sharks reportedly offered a package that included forwards Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, defenseman Jason Demers and a first round pick, while the Senators are rumored to have pitched left winger Nick Foligno, one of their promising goalies (Robin Lehner or Ben Bishop) and prospect center Mika Zibanejad.

The Sharks reportedly offered a package that included forwards Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, defenseman Jason Demers and a first round pick, while the Senators are rumored to have pitched left winger Nick Foligno, one of their promising goalies (Robin Lehner or Ben Bishop) and prospect center Mika Zibanejad.

Well time will tell. Even a year from now would have been nice. The closest thing we have to an offensive prospect that we drafted in the past 5 seasons is Beau Bennett. And i do not see him playing for the pens this year (although it would be nice if he did make it). Nothing against Beau, but that is what you get when you are constantly drafting at the end of the round.

having the 8th pick was a big deal.

I'd rather draft the BPA unless I'm sure of the forward I can get there. This has been discussed. We don't scout Europe thoroughly, it's likely we didn't see a lot of Forsberg or Teravainen (I'm not a huge fan of either of them myself, more anti-the latter), so the 8th overall being a "big deal" as it is, can't just be thrown at the prospect that people only know about because James Duthie said he's the guy that should go here. If Forsberg was ranked 24th, no one would say boo about it here. They wouldn't know the difference. They saw a winger and a number to the left of him and lost control. If there was a can't miss kid there, yeah, why not...but Forsberg and Teravainen are not Shero picks, and they are far from a sure thing. Which is why they fell out of the top 10...and Teravainen fell to near 20.

I don't think Howson cares that Nash ain't all that. I would imagine Howson needs to get a ton in return for Nash or he knows that he'll probably never be a GM in the NHL again(which I can't figure out personally how he still is one).

The Sharks reportedly offered a package that included forwards Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, defenseman Jason Demers and a first round pick, while the Senators are rumored to have pitched left winger Nick Foligno, one of their promising goalies (Robin Lehner or Ben Bishop) and prospect center Mika Zibanejad.

I'd rather draft the BPA unless I'm sure of the forward I can get there. This has been discussed. We don't scout Europe thoroughly, it's likely we didn't see a lot of Forsberg or Teravainen (I'm not a huge fan of either of them myself, more anti-the latter), so the 8th overall being a "big deal" as it is, can't just be thrown at the prospect that people only know about because James Duthie said he's the guy that should go here. If Forsberg was ranked 24th, no one would say boo about it here. They wouldn't know the difference. They saw a winger and a number to the left of him and lost control. If there was a can't miss kid there, yeah, why not...but Forsberg and Teravainen are not Shero picks, and they are far from a sure thing. Which is why they fell out of the top 10...and Teravainen fell to near 20.

Well you are right about one thing, i don't pretend to be smarter than at least the 20 or so different anaylsts that said Forsberg was a better prospect that Pouliot. I should think we are extremely lucky to have the TOP expert on our message board to converse with daily.